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we are working with boeing and the faa. i will tell you we are going to have information tomorrow, but we are probably weeks away from being able to tell people, here's what happened and what needs to change. >> can you see anything about what might be found during additional flight test, how that might be to information or clues? >> the faa has offered those flight test and that really is in their purview. we are not directing any activities with respect to testing, so you need to contact them about what they hope to gain. >> ryan. >> as they were manufactured in japan, do you have concerns about not to cast aspersions on the company manufacture, but the certification is insufficient when it comes to outsourcing of all these different components of a complex system like the tree minor. >> we've looked at contracting or outsourcing in many different areas and in particular can go back to an investigation that took place in north carolina. we had an elevator miss rate. we had a complete loss of passenger aircraft. that made
we are working with boeing and the faa. i will tell you we are going to have information tomorrow, but we are probably weeks away from being able to tell people, here's what happened and what needs to change. >> can you see anything about what might be found during additional flight test, how that might be to information or clues? >> the faa has offered those flight test and that really is in their purview. we are not directing any activities with respect to testing, so you need to...
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the faa. i'd also like to take this opportunity to speak to you about the so listation that the faa announced yesterday requesting interested state and local governments, eligible universities, and other public entities to develop six uas research and test sites around the country. this solicitation was done in accordance with the faa modernization and reform act of 2012 which directed the faa to establish the test sites in order to conduct the critical research that will help determine how best to safely integrate these systems into ours now. once the tests are conducted, later this year, we expect to learn how uas operate in different environments and how they impact air traffic operations. the test sites also inform the agency as we develop standards for certifying unmanned aircraft and determine the necessary air traffic requirements. in addition to the test sites, faa is publishing a notice in the federal register asking the public to review draft privacy language and provide input. the b
the faa. i'd also like to take this opportunity to speak to you about the so listation that the faa announced yesterday requesting interested state and local governments, eligible universities, and other public entities to develop six uas research and test sites around the country. this solicitation was done in accordance with the faa modernization and reform act of 2012 which directed the faa to establish the test sites in order to conduct the critical research that will help determine how...
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the faa's role is safety. anything in the national air space has to be safe, regardless of manned or unmanned. that's the paramount and only responsibility. the faa in this point in time is not responsible for privacy. that's a different issue that either the supreme court or the homeland security or other agencies are going to have to determine as far as that concern goes, but the faa is, right now, identifying test sites, and those sites will be utilized to assure we have safety in anything that goes into the national air space, so once we achieve that, them you'll be able to understand that it's okay to fly these things and take all of the advantages that i highlighted. >> looking at this and saying, you know, setting ceiling caps, who goes where? >> yes, but it's worth noting that this is only for small uavs, not integrating large ones on the scale we talk about for commercial aviation, particularly cargo, so, everybody appointments to the september 2015 as some imagine call date, only it's actually a smal
the faa's role is safety. anything in the national air space has to be safe, regardless of manned or unmanned. that's the paramount and only responsibility. the faa in this point in time is not responsible for privacy. that's a different issue that either the supreme court or the homeland security or other agencies are going to have to determine as far as that concern goes, but the faa is, right now, identifying test sites, and those sites will be utilized to assure we have safety in anything...
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. >> what about the faa? right now the faa decides who gets a permit for a drone. they make that decision. the president has weighed in on that. told the faa to be sensitivity concerns when giving a new permit. >> i think the faa has a role in things like deciding what i going to happen with information once it's collected, providing notice of where what particular drone are being thrown and how. but i think -- are being flown and how. but congress has the responsibility of regulating the government. congress has to decide how the police, how the fourth amendment should be internal -- interpreted. congress has a role of interpreting the constitutional. you're constitutional officers. so the faa can perform an expert function. i think congress' role has to remain central. >> since the issue of drones has come up, there are a lot in the industry, the drone industry and other industries saying, of we're going to talk about the fourth amendment, let's expand it and revisit the whole concept of the fourth amendment and not just with drones but with all new technologies.
. >> what about the faa? right now the faa decides who gets a permit for a drone. they make that decision. the president has weighed in on that. told the faa to be sensitivity concerns when giving a new permit. >> i think the faa has a role in things like deciding what i going to happen with information once it's collected, providing notice of where what particular drone are being thrown and how. but i think -- are being flown and how. but congress has the responsibility of...
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dea has been asking the faa to type the controls on hydrocodone combination drugs for 10 years. and yet the fda has dragged its feet. why is important that we reschedule these drugs and is scheduled to? >> if you look at the abuse that you see around hydrocodone and i would say all drugs but hydrocodone in particular the amount of abuse you see and the sery that abuse cases and unfortunaunfortuna tely the pervasive use of it in certain parts of our country, it seems to us that the rescheduling would beppropriate. hope to work with our partners at a and to ctte that rescheduli. >> while the current schedule for these drugs, and these are hydrocodone but they are labeled by give in, lortab and because there are schedule three, there is creating a false sense among some patients and even doctors that these medicines are less potent or less habit-forming. thereforrouse less code on painkillers which are scheduled two. as a result while most every opioid painkiller is a scheduled two drug or carefully regulated, america's most abused narcotic hydrocodone is missing from that schedule
dea has been asking the faa to type the controls on hydrocodone combination drugs for 10 years. and yet the fda has dragged its feet. why is important that we reschedule these drugs and is scheduled to? >> if you look at the abuse that you see around hydrocodone and i would say all drugs but hydrocodone in particular the amount of abuse you see and the sery that abuse cases and unfortunaunfortuna tely the pervasive use of it in certain parts of our country, it seems to us that the...
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the revenues generated for the faa, as soon as the chairman dismisses you maybe we can give the answer about that in the backroom. >> thank you so much. we'll afford to be with you and we will ask our second panel to come for word. . . we are going to go across the table and we are we are very interested in getting your views today on tifia and what you feel about the program, and he reports back from your perspective since you are really on the ground. mr. james bass, secretary, chief financial officer texas department of transportation department of transportation. >> thank you and good morning. i would like to thank you chairman boxer for holding this hearing to discuss the tifia program and it's my privilege to provide a states perspective on the program. while i have the opportunity i would like to thank the committee for map-21 as we consider consider to the most significant surface transportation legislation passed over the last 20 years. since its passage texas has worked diligently to implement new provisions and of note to texas litigation recently passed legislation permitti
the revenues generated for the faa, as soon as the chairman dismisses you maybe we can give the answer about that in the backroom. >> thank you so much. we'll afford to be with you and we will ask our second panel to come for word. . . we are going to go across the table and we are we are very interested in getting your views today on tifia and what you feel about the program, and he reports back from your perspective since you are really on the ground. mr. james bass, secretary, chief...
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the vast majority of faa's 34,000 employees are facing extensive furlough including air traffic control. this will result in delays and disruptions in our airport and flights -- there are many who are saying that these sequestration -- they need to to my district. ty will have a devastating effect on the education program. cuts including our most vulnerable votes, -- folks our children. school district can eliminate support of 270 school the and 1.2 million disadvantaged students. sequestration effects children with disabilities slashing programs that provide special education teacher, staff, and other support. we are holding a hearing to make the two agencies more effective and efficient. it will be more difficult for the agencies to implement the -- and the employees being furloughed. who are basically saving the taxpayers money and making sure the money is spent efficiently. those are the last people we need to see furlough. even ig offices themselves will feel the negative effect of sequestration. the ability to conduct the oversight work we are praising them for today. i want to th
the vast majority of faa's 34,000 employees are facing extensive furlough including air traffic control. this will result in delays and disruptions in our airport and flights -- there are many who are saying that these sequestration -- they need to to my district. ty will have a devastating effect on the education program. cuts including our most vulnerable votes, -- folks our children. school district can eliminate support of 270 school the and 1.2 million disadvantaged students. sequestration...